National News for April 2016
- The Hartford Profit Fell 30% in Q1 Due to Higher Auto Losses, Lower Investment Income
- QBE North America Promotes Burkhart to Head of Specialty Management, Professional Liability
- How Model for Preventing Workers’ Chronic Pain Claims Was Born
- Large Insurers Eager But Cautious About Drone Insurance Market
- Young Consumers More Trusting of Autonomous Vehicles: J.D. Power
- Why People Overestimate the Risk of Black Swan Events
- Climate Change and The Conservative Republican
- AAIS Offers Its First Personal Auto Program for Insurers; Includes 60 Endorsement Options
- Marsh Reports Q1 Growth of 2%; Guy Carpenter 3%
- Republicans Call for State Pools to Replace Obamacare Safeguards for Sickest Insureds
- President Obama Gets Trade Secret Protection Bill Passed by Congress
- Uber’s $100M Class Action Settlement Falls Short for Some Drivers
- Robot Cars Complain About Humans’ Poor Roads, Lane Markings, Signage
- Chubb Expands Environmental Insurance Products, Services
- Some Senior Drivers Have Higher Crash Risk
- Ironshore Product Recall Coverage for Food Industry Covers Rehabilitation, Loss of Income
- 10 Things Young Insurance Agents Like, and Don’t Like, About Their Jobs
- Plaintiff Seeks Future Revenues to Settle Led Zeppelin Copyright Spat
- Reuters Special Report: How Google Is Winning Acceptance of Driverless Vehicles
- Investors Back Trov, On-Demand Platform for ‘Insurable Moments’ and Items, with $39M
- AIG, Hamilton, Two Sigma to Launch Small-Medium Business Insurance Joint Venture
- Who Wins, Loses In a Driverless Car Economy?
- Google, Ridesharing Firms, Automakers Form Lobby Group for Self-Driving Cars
- Assurant to Pick Up Policies as Nationwide Exits Federal Flood Insurance Program
- Allied World Launches Product Recall Insurance in North America
- 2016 Atlantic Hurricane Season Should See Normal Activity of 12 Names Storms: CSU
- Colorado State Hurricane Forecaster Gray Passes Away
- Ryan Specialty Launches Marine Unit; AIG’s Pecci and Stahl to Lead
- U.S. Issues Zika Safety Guidelines for Outdoor Workers, Business Travelers
- Fallout from Travelers CGL Cyber Ruling: Insurance Buyers and Sellers Beware
- Willis Towers Watson Upgrades Credit Risk Trading Platform
- Big ‘I’ Agents Honor Wilson with Yates Lifetime Achievement Award
- Plaintiffs Suing Dating Site Ashley Madison Over Data Breach Must Identify Themselves: U.S. Judge
- XL Catlin Names Zurich’s Riordan to Head Global Political Risk, Trade Credit Unit
- Uber Settlement Doesn’t Settle Gig Economy’s Independent Contractor vs. Employee Dispute
- Rental Car Firms Losing Out to Ridesharing
- ‘100-Year Floods’ Happen More Often Than People Think
- Travelers Profit Drops 17% in Q1 Due to Texas Storms
- Employers Pay As 32% of Opioid Prescriptions Are Abused: Report
- Stolen 1981 Ferrari Recovered After 29 Years: NICB
- Cyber Thieves Working Overtime Before Credit Card Chips Curtail Their Retail Business
- VW Reported Close to $10 Billion Deal with U.S. for Diesel Fraud
- Starr Companies Enhance Cyber Terror Response Offering
- Do Drunk Drivers Have Constitutional Rights?
- One-Size Doesn’t Fit All in Today’s Evolving Homeowners Market
- Liberty International Names Capicchioni to Head U.S. Railroad Line
- Gen Re’s Benet Joins Beazley to Head Partners Solutions Group
- Fire Risk Prompts Recall of 133,000 Polaris All-Terrain Vehicles
- UnitedHealth to Drop Individual Obamacare Plans in Multiple States
- QBE Enhances Equipment Breakdown Coverage to Address New Technologies
- Supreme Court Hears Claim Against Hospital for Allegedly Defrauding U.S.
- Court Upholds NFL’s $765 Million Concussion Settlement as ‘Fair’
- States with Ignition Lock Laws Curb Drunk Driving Deaths by 15%
- General Star Management Adds Title Agents E&O Program
- Why Employers Are Sending Retirees to Exchanges for Health Insurance
- Swiss Re’s Revamped U.S. P/C Leadership Team Headed by Wolfe, Ruff, Michaelson
- U.S. Finalizes Offshore Oil Safety Rules
- U.S. Lags Belgium, France, Other Nations in Domestic Security
- RIMS 2016: Keep Eye on Captives as Cyber Risk Solution
- The Hartford Launches Energy Practice, Taps Zurich’s Pena to Lead
- RIMS 2016: Star Trek Tools, Workers Comp’s Future Help Draw Biggest Crowd in 13 Years
- Berkley FinSecure Adds Cyber Breach Services to Management Liability Policies
- Verisk Opens Commercial Property Data to MGAs, Program Managers
- Where Prescription Drug Prices Are Headed in U.S.
- Top 10 Most Stolen Motorcycles
- Automakers Told They Could Learn from Aviation Industry’s Safety Practices
- RIMS 2016: Captives See Business Interruption as Top Cyber Threat
- RIMS 2016: Forecasting Emerging Risks Won’t Get Any Easier
- Few Small Businesses Feel the Need to Prepare for Climate Change
- Independent Agents Seek New, Strong Performing Carriers: Survey
- Religious Groups, Obama Administration Cool to Supreme Court Birth Control Proposal
- Automakers, Tech Industries Must Plug Cybersecurity Gaps, Says U.S. Official
- RIMS 2016: What’s the Biggest Risk for Cyber Insurers?
- How Italy’s Generali Is Connecting U.S. With Its Global Network
- PURE Insurance Launches Non-Profit D&O Coverage
- Hiscox Expands Cyber Offering to Small, Mid-Size Businesses
- RIMS 2016: Travelers CGL Data Breach Ruling Won’t Impact Cyber Market
- Public Health Experts Warn U.S. Unprepared for Zika Outbreak
- CEO Montross to Exit Gen Re at Year’s End; New CEO to Report to Jain, Not Buffett
- Stocks of P/C Insurers Ended Last Year on Upswing: A.M. Best
- Why Some Employees Get Away with Unethical Conduct and Others Do Not
- Carmakers Want Insurers to Help Boost Compliance with Recalls
- Ex-AIG CEO Benmosche’s Memoir Talks of Fending Off Wall Street Sharks
- RIMS 2016: Sea Level Rise Will Be Worse and Come Sooner
- RIMS 2016: Wearable Tech, Automated Vehicles Dominate Insurance Horizon
- Jury to Decide If Led Zeppelin Ripped Off ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Licks
- Will Mandating Doctors Use Prescriber Databases Aid the Fight Against Opioid Deaths?
- AIG’s Patel Joins QBE North America as Chief Human Resources Officer
- Federal Court Rules CGL Insurance Covers Data Breach
- RIMS 2016: Employee vs. Contractor Debate to Become Even Hotter
- Florida Researchers Find 40% of Retired NFL Players Had Brain Injury
- Insurance Brokers Say Series of Superyacht Fires Likely Coincidence
- MetLife’s Carey Joins PCI’s Federal Lobbying Team
- Chubb Names James Leader for North America Commercial Marine
- Venture Insurance Expands Golf & Country Club Program to 14 New States
- MetLife Systemic Risk Battle Not Over as U.S. Files Appeal
- Ironshore Acquires Remaining Interest in Lexon Surety
- XL Catlin Launches New Cargo Policy for Marine Businesses
- Csorba Joins Great American Insurance to Succeed Rowney as Ocean Marine Leader
- Chubb’s Cox to Retire in July; Meyer to Head Financial Lines Division
- Verisk in Talks to Sell Health Data Unit to Carlyle Group: Reuters
- Hartford CEO Compensation Reaches $10M with Stock Awards, Bonus
- P/C Price Declines Begin to Slow for North American Buyers: Willis Towers Watson
- Judge Calls FSOC Review of MetLife ‘Fatally Flawed;’ Government Vows Appeal
- Anheuser Busch: This Beer Drinkers’ Class Action’s For You
- ‘Great Unwind’ in Debt Financing May Stunt Companies’ Future Growth: Greenberg
- LIU Adds Cyber Extortion Endorsement to Product Recall Policies
- U.S. Storms in March Will Cost Insurers $2 Billion: Aon Benfield’s Cat Report
- How Police Dog Bites Woman Became a Federal Case
- Here’s What’s Happening with Drug Costs in Workers’ Compensation
- Pilots: Don’t Underestimate Safety Threat Posed by Drones
- AIG Prize Fight Hancock vs. Icahn: Who’s Winning Now?
- Massey Ex-CEO Blankenship Sentenced to 1 Year in Jail for Fatal Mine Explosion
- 6 Years After Upper Big Branch Tragedy, Ex-CEO of Mine Faces Sentencing
- Top Homeowners Insurance Claims
- Judge Dismisses Birth Defect Warning Claims Against Pfizer’s Zoloft
- Final Retirement Advisor Rule Reflects Some Changes Sought by Industry
- The Hartford Appoints Thompson Head Of Sales And Distribution
- Hospitals Warned on Surge in Ransomware Attacks
- Patriot National Launches Online Risk Management Marketplace
- Half of Insurance Shoppers Giving Inaccurate Information
- Commercial Insurers Moderated Rate Cuts Slightly in March: MarketScout
- Chubb Adds Cyber Bullying Insurance for U.S. Homeowners
- Chubb’s Shanks, ACE’s Huntley Join QBE North America High Net Worth Expansion
- Travelers Predictive Model Helps Injured Workers Avoid Chronic Pain, Opioid Use
- Music Stars Join Industry Fight to End Copyright Shield for Technology Firms
- S&P: Two-Thirds of Insurance M&As Fail to Improve Financial Strength
- Retirement Advisor Fiduciary Rule Expected This Week
- Schinnerer Launches New Auto Dealer Open Lot Program
- Morgan Joins Insurance ‘Pretiree’ Job Network WAHVE as Marketing VP
- Supreme Court Quashes Wal-Mart, Wells Fargo Bids to Upend Class Action Judgments
- U.S. Must Lower Corporate Taxes to Keep Insurers: Travelers CEO Schnitzer
- K2 Insurance Acquires MGA, Launches Workers’ Comp, Accident Program with QBE
- Watford Re Forms E&S Insurer Watford Specialty, Partnering with Arch
- BB&T Completes Acquisition of Swett & Crawford
- Maritime Program Group Launches Non-Admitted Homeowners Program
- Zurich Completes Acquisition of RCIS Crop Insurance Business from Wells Fargo
- Esurance Is No April Fool When It Comes to Free Publicity
- China’s Anbang Insurance Checks Out of Hotel Bid War
- Ex-QBE Insurance Executive Sentenced to Jail for $2.6M Embezzlement Scheme
- First Robot-Run Insurance Agency Opens for Business
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